davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Miss Leila White left on the
Cherry Monday night, for Clifton
to spend a week with her cousin
Mrs. T. L. Edmiston.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

A sociable at the residence of
Mr.. j. A. Cunningham, was enjoy
ed by the young folks last Thurs
day evening.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

DIR. J. II. McLean's Chills and
Fever Cure is gentle in action,
and warranted a certain cure. oo
cents a bottle at j. w. AklE's.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Go to Story's and get your Soda
Water; three glasses for ten cents;
IA ounce glasses, just think of it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

If yOu want to enjoy wealth
live long and have good time go
to Story's and get your soda wa
ter and lemonade.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

r. X. Baird's children have the
whooping cough.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Parties holding soda water tick
cts on W. Il. Hughes can now
have them redeemed at his ele-
CANT fountain.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

J. A. Brown, of the Clifton
Times, was on our streets last
week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Some people had fun at the
courthouse Tuesday night.
Messrs. jim Odeneal and Tom
Young made speeches for and Mr,
Jacket against prohibition. The
original language used by the anti
furnished the amusement.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Mrs. M. L. Parkhill and family
are rusticating in the Ross neigh
borhoOd this week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Messrs. Happel and Gack, Of
st. Louis, are visiting the family
of j. n. DOnohoO.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

WANTED-TO exchange good
Hack and Milk Cow for Horse.
w. A. MORRISON.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Robert Darlington has fresh
supply of choice candies.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

A new stock of Gravely's
Standard and fine cut tobacco at
Robt. Carrington's.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

}. NJ. Pickens, of Sharon, was
in Savannah Monday.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Mrs. j. H Benton and children
spent last week at Economy with
the family Of John A Smith
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

WANTED-230 black locust post.
Consult j. n. DOnOho0 or this
office.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Twenty-Five pieces of best and
serviceable Tinware at Kendall's
for 81 90.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

L. A Gennett, of Nashville, is
visiting the family of Capt. Akin.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Total to be distributed 5000
Each subscription must be for Twelve months, This
offer does not interfere with the regular per cent
commission to agents, but these premiums will be
given in addition thereto
Single subscription per year Sroo,
Now let every agent go to work in earnest and as
sist in increasing the list of the Weekly American I'M
Ill the number shall reach hundred thousand SUBJ
scribers We should have that number in Tennessee
alone. Remit by money order, postal note, regis
tered letter or by express. Address,
THE AMERICAN, Nashville, Tenn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

A. B. Mitchell is absent at
Nashville.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Clubbing Rate,

The Weekly Banner, SG-column live
newsy paper, and the SAVANNAH COURIER,
both one yesr for SI.oS.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Mrs. Cunningham and children
and Mrs. Joe Williams left We'd
nesday for Wayerly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

s. C. Holt, of sibley, was IN
town last week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Powers & Haynes want all the
lumber haulers they can get.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

B. z. Odeneal has commenced
work on j. w. Cavender's new
residence.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

Subscribe for the COURIER 0IlV
81 ayear
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18
IfYou Want Good Article
OF PLUG TOBACCO, ask your dealer FOL
"Old Rip" Tao
TX! WEEKLY AMERICAN.
Cash Premiums to Agents.

In order to stimulate effort on the part of agents,
at this leisure season of the year to extend the circu
lation Of the WEEKLY AMERICAN, the management
has determined to offer one hundred and twenty cash
premiums to persons who will engage in the work.
1t is hoped and believed that the liberal amounts
offered will cause industrious rivalry throughout
contiguous sections, and many thousands be induced
to take the paper who have heretofore received
it, Not merely our regular agents invited to en-
gage in this competition but all persons whatsoever
who see proper contend for the premiums offered
A book will be opened in which every agent will be
credited wife each name sent, beginning July IS 1887
until Nov I, 1887, at which time the awards will be
made according to results then ascertained follows
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18

The danger of a malarial atmos.
phere may be averted if you will
occasionally take dose OF DR.. j.
II. McLean's Chills and Fever
Cure. For sale at j. w. Atkins.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18
Colored Department.

Prot. Asa T. Ayers, of Sibley,
WAS in Savannah last Friday.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18
ICE CREAM

AT Robt. Carrington's every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-18
Wiley Welch was with us this

week.
, 1887-03-04

H STEVENS ATTER WHEN SOLD.
Her boilers numbered ten, developing 5000
horse power, with eight engines to drive two
Independent screw propellers. Her bunkers
had capacity for 1000 tons OF coal. The
deck was shot proof. The inclined armor ON
the sides consisted of 60 inches of iron plates
backed with IA inches of locust timber and
secured to 6 inch wrought iron girders.
Tho Messrs. Stevens spent nearly half a
million dollars on the vessel during their
lives and on the commodore's death he pro-
vided in his will that the vessel should be
completed, besides supplying machinery to
the value of 81 ,000,0 900 to perform the work.
When complete the vessel was by special act
of congress To be presented to tho state of
New Jersey. The state accepted the gift.
The late Gen. Mcclellan was appointed to
take charge of the work. When the vessel
was ready for launching the funds provided
for its completion proved insufficient, and the
state of New Jersey in 1874 ordered the vessel
sold. Here was an opportunity for the ma
ton to secure "for n song' an ironclad which
would have been the most formidable in the
world even to this day. She wa about ready
for her armament A few hundred thou
sands would have purchased her, and she
would have been worth as many millions to
day Did they purchase herr Nations are
not SO provident. She was sold for old Junk.
and so securely were some of her parts put
together that they had to be blasted apart.
Thus do republics reward the endeavors OF
their public spirited citizens.
, 1887-03-04

much good in the place he filed, and he pre-
vented much evil from being done. He was
born in New York in 1878. At the age of 0
fate dropped him into the circus ring, and he
abandoned it only when seized by mortal
sickness n couple of weeks before he died.
During these years he rose from the low
est of circus drudgery to the proud
positions of expert rider, clown and finally
master OF tho sawdust ring. He reached
the pinnacle OF promotion in his pro-
fession when he was made ring master of
Barnum's Hippodrome and Greatest Show on
Earth. He was master of ceremonies in the
Wild West Show when death overlook him.
His GOODNESS in the emergencies that are
liable to occur among a great c%oncourse of
people, as well as his intimate knowledge of
every detail of the business, admirably fitted
him for such n position. His stentorian voice
was his browning glory. 1t is told of him
that when he was travelling with itinerant
~cjrcuses in the days gone by it was the Gus
tom, when in q good grazing country, to let
the horses and some Of the grass eating ami
mails out to pasture. When the time for the
performance approached Pop would just step
outside the tent and call, and the men having
the live stock in charge would hear him even
if a mile away.
Pop was also famous for his faculty of get
ting smashed up in accidents. His arms,
legs and most of his ribs had been broken in
turn. He had been bitten by u tarantula and
gored by a buffalo. Railroad accidents came
to him regularly. His most serious casualty
occurred in 1881 in the Bowery, New York,
just two blocks from his birthplace. By this
accident he lost his right arm.
His full name was Francis Warren Whit
taker, but he received the name of Pop away
back in the days of Rufus Welch's circus in
Philadelphia. Here he started an evening
school for circus people, he being the teacher
and for which he was christened Pop. He
adopted n son, now a man of IS. He says he
"went with Pop at the age Of 8. Pop didn't
believe in schools. He'd say to me: Take your
books and set there and when you find sum-
thin you don't know, ask me- Thet's the
way l got my learnin' ~trav'lin' round the
world with Pop. He broke me from drink
in in this way: When l was q young man
l dropped down to the barroom of the hotel
we were stoppin' at an called for my first glass
of ale. Pop cum in and seed me. He jes'
knocked me sensiless, an when they brought
me to, Pop says, My boy, never want to see
you drink again. an l never have" The
adopted son concluded by saying that "ef
thar's SIGH a place as heaven, Pops thar"
Mr.. Whitaker was married twice. His
second wife was a baby adopted by his first
wife. After her death Pop brought tho girl
up had her educated as a physician and mar
ried her. They were the most affectionate of
couples. She travels with large shows as
doctor and is said to be very skillful. Pop
was the Oldest member of tho Order of Elks,
which he helped to organize out of a society
called the Jolly CorlIs in Philadelphia
, 1887-03-04

1t is the duty of every person who has
used Boschee's German Syrup to let its
wonderful qualities be known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and
in fact all throat and lung diseases. No
person can use it without immediate re-
lief. Three doses will relieve any case,
and we consider it the duty OF all drug
gists to recommend it to the poor, dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle, as
$1,000 dozen bottles were sold last year,
and NO one case where it failed was re-
ported. Such a medicine as the German
Syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask
your druggist about it. Sample bottles
to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size, rs
cents. Sold by al druggists and dealers
in the United States and Canada.
, 1887-03-04

to Austria, but he VIM. L PHELPS.
relinquished the position in 1882. He is u
member of the Forty-ninth congress. Mr..
Phelps is n fluent speaker and IN able writer.
His contributions to the literature of political
economy, both on the floor Of the house
of representatives and through the public
press, always command attention even from
his political enemies.
Besides his ability, Mr.. Phelps Is famous
for two things: He is the friend of Blaine and
he has been termed a dude" Mr.. Phelps
advent in the house must have been a reveln-
ton to his fellow representatives, for the
press of that time was deluged with the most
searching comments on his dress and man
ners. His position while in the act Of drink
ing soup, the way in which he conquered a
piece Of bread, how he picked his teeth, were
all nine days wonders. Mr.. Phelps certainly
does wear a "bang," and it can DO plainly
seen in tho picture here given. But in Wow
Of what is beneath the "bang," his offense
should be considered a slight one. His son,
John Phelps, who is about 25 years old, is
now on a voyage around the world in his $780,
900 steam yacht. Mr.. Phelps is one Of the
wealthiest men in New Jersey, and has a
handsome residence at Englewood.
Leon Albeit, ex-governor of New Jersey
and Democratic champion, was born in Phila-
, 1887-03-04
SECTION OF DYNAMITE GUyBoAr.

SECTION OF h
This vessel is to he 246 feet over all In length,
with n beam of 26X feet and a draught OF
~ feet. She will be built of American steel
with a DETECTING deck from which ordinary
shot will glance off. There will be four
boilers to drive the two independent screws.
These, with the engines, will be powerful
enough to drive the vessel through the water
at the rate of twenty knots an hour. The
boilers will DO placed as far apart as possible
with water tight bulkheads between them so
that II in an engagement the portion of the
vessel containing one or twoof the boilers be
blown away she would float and still have
power enough not to be helpless.
The armament will be the unique feature
OF this craft. 1t will consist OF three steel
tubes lined with brass, seventy feet in length
and ten and one-half inches in diameter.
These are the guns. From these will be thrown
by dir pressure projectiles containing 200
pounds of nitro-gelatine each to the distance
of a mile and at the rate of one shot in two
minutes from each gun. There are to be two
reservoirs for the compressed air, from which
tho air will be let into the tube behind the
projectile at a pressure of 1000 pounds to the
square inch II necessary. As the guns will
be immovably fixed in their place, the range
will be regulated by the pressure of air al
lowed to propel the projectile, and tho guns
can only be fired while the vessel is "head onp
TO the enemy.
On suggesting to the engineer in charge
that the vessel was designed to attack the
enemy on the "~pillygoat' principle only, he
said the guns would throw sixty shells, or
six tons of the most terrific explosive known,
during twenty minutes OF the time they are
steaming up to the enemy, and the presump-
IL L. A.. - A.. IL -
will be no enemy left.
An advantage claimed by this pneumatic
gun method of sending q torpedo at the enc
my is It's economy. The torpedoes which are
steered by electric wires from n station on
shore cost from 81, 900 to $l5, 600 each, and OF
course are destroyed on being used. Each
shot from this dynamite ship containing the
same weight Of explosive win cost but 500.
, 1887-03-04

The present company, which is composed
of wealthy merchants and business men, al
once bought q mammoth dredging machine
which has penetrated inland for about hall
a mile. By the requirements OF the charter
the canal must be completed by or befor,
June 20, of this year, and as about eight
miles remain to be dredged, there is every
likelihood that the charter of the company
will be forfeited, unless the legislature should
see fit to grant the petition, now pending, fol
an extension of time.
The canal, when completed, will be seven
ty-five feet wide OH the bottom and have 8
mean width of 200 feet at low water. At the
turn outs, it must be 800 feet wide. Thes,
turn outs comprise one-fourth of the entir,
length of the canal. Tho depth of water is tc
be twenty-threc feet at low tide.
The machine which is doing the work OF
excavating cost $4,000. There are fourteen
men employed on and about the machine.
The dredging is done by means Of an endless
chain of thirty-ni buckets, driven by two
steam engines of seventy-ive horse power
each. Five thousand cubic yards of eartl
can be excavated and discharged in n day Of
ten hours by this giant machine. BY using
the electric light for night work the capacity
may be doubled.
, 1887-03-04
THE CAPE COD CANAL.

An Improvement Projected Nearly Two
Hundred Years Ago.
While the feasibility of the Panama ship
canal is being discussed and money is being
raised for its completion, every one seems tc
have entirely overlooked the fact that we have
on Cape Cod a still uncompleted canal, which
was really started in 1897, nearly two centu.
ries ago. The canal was intended as n con.
Meeting link between Buzzard's bay and Barn.
stable bay, thus avoiding the extremely dan.
gerous passage around Cape Cod.
In 1888, the Cape Cod Ship Canal company
was granted n charter by the Massachusetts
legislature. Several companies, moro or les,
theoretical, had been chartered prior to that
time, but nothing practical had been accom-.
plished.
, 1887-03-04

Cowardice is always vulgar, and the pres
ent ngc is prominently cowardly; full vi
egotistic nervousness and unconcealed fear Of
all those physical dangers to which science
has told all men they are liable. Pasteur is
its god, and the microbe its Mephistopheles.
A French writer defined 1t the other day MS
the age OF the infinitely little" 1t might be
also defined as the age of absorbi g sen con
seriousness. 1t is eternally placir : ipelf in
innumernble attitudes to pose iefore the
camera of a photographer; the old, the ugly,
the obscure, the deformed delight in multiply
ing their likenesses on cardboard, even more
than do the young, the beautiful, the famous
and the well made. -Ouida in North Ameri-
can Review.
, 1887-03-04
100 Doses

Ono Dollar. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the only
medicine of which this can be truly said |;
and it is an unanswerable argument as to
the strength and positive economy of this
great medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla is made
of roots, herbs, barks, ETC., long and favorably
known for their power in purifying the blood ;
and in combination, proportion, and process.
Hoods S%arsaparilla is peculiar to itself.
"For economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparilla." MRS. G. BREWSTER, Buffalo.
Hoods S%arsaparilla takes less time and
quantity to show its effect than any other
preparation 1 ever heard Of. 1 would not be
without 1t in the house." Mrs. C. A. M.
HUBBARD, North Chill, N. Y. 100 Doses
, 1887-03-04
A Brilliant Reception.

LONDON, March 3.-The first queens
jubilee drawing room was held to-day in
Buckingham palace. Her majesty, in the
enjoyment of fine health and spirits, took
an hours drive before the time appointed
for the event. The attendance was great
er than at any proceeding affair Of the
kind during the long reign of the queen.
The number of debutantes was unprece-
denied. The weather was fine aud the
crowds congregated in the parks, road
ways and around the palace numbered
many thousands. Court officials say the
reception was the most brilliant they ever
ottnndnd
, 1887-03-04

Coaches leave Chugwater daily Except
Sundays on arrival of the c. e. N.
train, touching Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Eetter-
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.),
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearfsh and Deadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
twenty four hours.
The U. S. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the COM
fort OF passengers.
f. L. LoNoHURsT. Agent.
, 1887-03-04

corporation counsel for Hoboken, which posi-
ton he has also held in Jersey City. He was
the speaker of the state assembly in 1SGS-69,
"A member of the state senate in 1874 and its
president in 1877, and, finally, governor of
the state. intellectually he is one of the
strongest men in New Jersey. He is well
known as a brilliant speaker both from the
platform and at the banquet. His post pran-
dial efforts AFRO always brimful of wit and
happy thought, while he has talked before
every conceivable variety OF public meeting.
Like Chauncey NJ. Depew, he has been an
lrishman, a German, a Puritan father, n son
of the revolution. ETC., whenever duty and
the presence of a good dinner and bright
company demanded it.
William j. Sewell, who is at present II
representative OF New Jersey in the United
, 1887-03-04

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, San Francisco, CAL,
is natures W true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy may be
had of w. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
so cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches, colds and
%fevers; to cure constipation, indigestion
and kindred ills.
, 1887-03-04
THE STEVENS BATTERY COMPLETED.

In 1871 Commodore Stevens, OF New Jersey,
foresaw the value OF such n fortress, and
urged upon congress the construction of a
vessel built for that purpose and e~mbodying
some inventions of his own. He sealed his
faith in the scheme by contributing nearly
Sl,500,00 toward the construction OF it
after congress had consented to grant $780,
900. The penny wise and pound foolish
policy of nations is well illustrated in the
history of this vessel, which is here briefly
told.
The Stevens iron clad steam battery, as it
was called, was begun in 1854. Her designers
were Robert L. and Commodore Edwin A.
Stevens, of Hoboken, N. j., at which place
she was built. Her dimensions were: Length,
4aO feet; breadth, So feet; depth 2s feet, with
a draft of water that could be varied from
II feet to 22 feet when in an engagement.
, 1887-03-04
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The new German reichstag was opened
yesterday. The emperor says in his speech
that if the present ~reichstag, without hes
itation or division, gives unanimous ex-
preston to resolve that the nation will put
forth Its full strength in full panoply now
and at all times against any attack upon
our frontiers, such a resolution, even be-
fore carried out, will materially strengthen
and guarantee the peace and remove the
doubts which the late parliamentary de-
bates may have inspired.
, 1887-03-04
NEW JERSEYS CONTEST.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
ON RECORD.

Portraits of Some of the Men who Have
Figured Prominently Therein-senator
Sewcll, Ex-Congressman Phelps and
Ex-Governor Albeit and their Careers.
The uncertainty of political life, has been
amply demonstrated in the contest for the
United States senatorship waged in the New
Jersey legislature this year. Not only has
the struggle been of interest because Of its
duration and fierceness, its many mishaps and
farcical incidents, and the avowed conviction
of each candidate that he would ultimately
DO chosen to fill the senatorial toga, but also
because Of the national reputation OF the men
engaged in it. Phelps, Albeit and Sewell
are not merely local names. Their owners
have been prominently connected with public
affairs both at Washington and in the land Of
"apple jack" and are as familiar 70 the people
of the whole country as to the citizens OF
Trenton.
William Walter Phelps, is a native of New
York city, and now 4S years old He Is a
, 1887-03-04
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE AT CHEYENNE, [
wyo.. March l, 1857. I
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his Intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Cheyenne. Wyo., on April 2,
1887. viz Ina ". thinker. widow OF Charles
L Hlnker, who made homestead application
No. $50. for the sw 4 sec 20. tip ID n. r 66 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
OF SAID land, viz n. X Davis. Charles Hall.
y ID. Hovey. W. D.. Garrett. OF Cheyenne. wyo.
EDGAR s. WILSON. Register
, 1887-03-04

AT the breaking out OF the war he enlisted as a
private in the Union army, was several times
wounded, and at the close of hostilities was
mustered out with the rank OF brevet major
general. lie served nine years in the state
senate of New Jersey, three years Of which
he WINS its presiding officer, and took his seat
in the United States senate March 4, 1891.
Gen. Sewell's home is in Camden. He is OF
the Republican party and al uncompromis-
ing protectionist. TIL general is n self made
man in every respect, and has done some
good work during his term in the senate.